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A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at seven addresses

The directories print twelve people named Smith at seven addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Smiths at 939 East 22nd in 1940. The directories print the name on 305 other streets too, all listed on the Smith name's own page.

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Where the Smiths lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    939 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H W Smith, a printer 1940
    • James E Smith, a printer at BC Underwriters 1940
    • Leslie G Smith, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Robertson at 933 and N Scouller at 945. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1010 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Paul A Smith, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Daniels at 1008 and Mrs L Stripe at 1014. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1281 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Smith, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Waugh at 1229. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2842 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E Smith, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Eyford at 2830 and J C Singlehurst at 2858. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3074 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs E K Smith, a widow 1940
    • Roy Smith, a helper for Pioneer Envelopes 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McLean at 3052 and H W Murray at 3076. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3269 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W R Smith, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940
    • Sarah R Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Wilcox at 3263 and Beauty Salon Lucillis at 3285. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3478 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W C Smith, a trainman at the CPR 1940
    • Wilfrid V Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Harrop at 3466. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the twelve: a printer (3), a fireman, a helper, a laborer, a mechanic and a motorman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (4) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists H W Smith at 939 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry W Smith there as the householder, a printer, with James E Smith, a printer at BC Underwriters, and Leslie G Smith, a printer. The 1940 name section lists Paul A Smith at 1010 East 22nd Avenue, a mechanic.

G Smith is listed at 1281 East 22nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Smith there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. E Smith is listed at 2842 East 22nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward Smith there as the householder, a fireman.

Mrs E K Smith is listed at 3074 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Edith K Smith there as the householder, a widow, with Roy Smith, a helper for Pioneer Envelopes. W R Smith is listed at 3269 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William R Smith there as the householder, a laborer at BC Sugar, with Sarah R Smith.

W C Smith is listed at 3478 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William C Smith there as the householder, a trainman at the CPR, with Wilfrid V Smith.

Today

939 East 22nd, 1010 East 22nd, 1281 East 22nd and 3269 East 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 2842 East 22nd (1962), 3074 East 22nd (1983) and 3478 East 22nd (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under S. Want a name removed? Tell us.